Yes. I saw this too. The cyclist almost hit a pedestrian in his pursuit of the car. I think both of them have road rage issues.
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Yes, now I see it. If that woman had jumped several feet backwards he would have hit her.
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Very well stated. Since I was hit side-wise by a car running a red light, I live by the following:
âYou may be in the right, but you may also be dead rightâ
If educating the masses is this cyclistâs purpose, there are far better ways to do it then angrily chasing down one motorist to yell and threaten them. If survival is their purpose ( and I strongly recommend that purpose) then, again, chasing down a motorist to yell and threaten them is a very bad strategy.
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Like, say, creating a video with >5 million views?
But yeah, if I were that cyclist, Iâd have videoed the car passing me, put that on my channel, maybe have called the police (not like theyâd do anything), and gone about my day.
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Conversely, getting out of your car to remonstrate with someone, no matter who was the asshole, leaves you very vulnerable to a well-timed kick to the door. Best to just swear horribly and move on.
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More like 500 views then. For the entire YouTube channel. Doing the right thing isnât very popular, is it?
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Nice snark. But I believe youâre referring to second pedestrian, not the first one who clearly jumped forward to avoid being hit.
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Like I have a YouTube Channel. Or a videocamera. Or a bike. Or Iâd call the cops.
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OK, I had to looked again. Are weâre both talking about the woman about 38 seconds in? Iâm pretty sure the video is sped up through this part. If Iâm wrong, and the cyclist is actually going that fast, then yes, that was a close one.
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Thatâs the one I believe @davide405 was originally commenting about.
I seen bad drivers when I drive and bad cyclists when I bike (single file, people!). But Iâve also seen very polite drivers and cyclists, too. I think painting one side or the other with broad strokes is counterproductive. And in this case, both need a time out.
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Yes, the video is sped up.
The cyclistâs speed is irrelevant, because he does appear to startle her (the pedestrian) as he blasts around the corner in hot pursuit of the driver whoâŚ
⌠wait for it âŚ
⌠startled him (the cyclist) by passing too close.
[snark]
Wouldnât it have been funny if she came running up, a few minutes into the cyclistâs pissing match with the motorist and said âToo close, mate! You passed me too close!â 
[/snark]
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Itâs good to know that Murica isnât the only place in the world where one has to deal with tantrum-throwing man-babies.
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I appreciate your post isnât necessarily suggesting otherwise, but to be clear there is never room on a single-lane residential street to pass a cyclist.
Ever.
Although he shouldnât have chased him down (stating the obvious much everyone?) itâs easy to understand why he did, I probably would have done as well. But to those attempting to paint this as âtwo bad road usersâ can go fuck themselves. This is an understandably annoyed (and yet still polite!) cyclist who was endangered by a wreckless driver, and an animal that attempted to assault his near-victim for pointing out his illegal driving habits. Iâm sorry but I think I can allow people who nearly get seriously injured the right to be annoyed at those operating dangerous machinery carelessly around them. Call me crazy!
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Poor advice, and depending on where you live contradictory to the rules of the road.
In the UK groups of cyclists are encouraged to ride in twos, because it makes passing them easier and quicker. You should already be leaving enough space for two bikes when you pass anyway (or youâre too close), and having to pass several bikes in a line can be dangerous because youâre more than doubling the distance you need to overtake.
Just pretend youâre overtaking any other road user, like a car, or a van. Itâs not complex.
Edit: helpful diagram:
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[quote=âSamSam, post:9, topic:64382, full:trueâ]
It looks like he had two fixed camera, one facing forward and one backward.
[/quote]Here are a couple of purpose-built cameras:
http://www.rideye.com/
https://cycliq.com/product
Kickstarter projects, natch.
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So⌠vehicular offenses, uttering threats, assault, attempted vandalism and theftâŚ
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Exactly! In most places Iâve been in the US, drivers get very annoyed when bikers do this. Itâs like they think the road is meant for cars, and theyâre doing bikers a favor by letting them have a bit of it.
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Turns out this is Reading, the town I did a lot of cycling around in a previous life. Wasnât the most fun place to cycle. Lots of traffic and lots of narrow Victorian residential streets like this one. I got hit a couple of times.
I canât see any acknowledgement of this yet on Thames Valley policeâs twitter feed. Wonder if that will change now this video got so popular.
Cyclist-hating car drivers are chock full of cognitive dissonance. Theyâre the kind of people that will berate you for using the road legally (but in a way they find inconvenient) just as readily as theyâll berate you for using a short stretch of path, safely or no. They just hate that youâre on a bike, for some completely irrational, bone headed reason.
Given the way this mouth breather reacted when the cyclist pointed out the many ways in which he was a bad (and illegal) driver Iâd actually guess that he buzzed the cyclist on purpose. He had a chip on his shoulder way before he caught up with him, and his tirade made it clear that he simply didnât like cyclists. Take away his license if he canât play well with others, itâs not a right, itâs a privilege, and far too many dangerous people are allowed on the roads as it is because of this entitlement.
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Your diagram is nice but unless itâs a shared lane (âSharrowâ) cyclists need to ride right in California. If there is a dedicated bike lane, cyclists can ride two abreast if there is room. No bike lane means cyclist are supposed to ride to right. And California just initiated a law with the six feet rule for cars, which means cars must give cyclists on roads six feet of clearance in order to pass. This is a terrific law that will save lives. But cyclists passing each other or runners or pedestrians need to be considerate, too. (Note: Iâm not writing âsix feetâ clearance, but just being considerate.)
As far as passing on a two-way bike trail, if both cyclists canât fit inside their lane they need to go at it single file. I donât think I should have to slow down to a crawl ('cause Iâm pretty slow) just because someone itâs impatient and decides to pass at the moment that other cyclists are coming from the other direction; I think they can wait until itâs safe to pass.
I think the idea of massive groups of cyclists performing time trials on a road way is what can be frustrating for other cyclists, car drivers, runners and pedestrians. It would be wonderful if there could be velodromes specifically created for this. I like to be patient with cyclists running yellow-red lights because itâs hard to stop and startâthis itâs understandable. However, Iâve seen (more than once) 10 cyclists in a line of fifteen blow through a red just to keep pace with their buddies on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach.
